| Show ORANGES FROM JERUSALEM jerusalem is now competing with mexico and california for the orange trade of chicago the other day five cases appeared in south water street the appearance pe arance of which soon attracted the ahe curiosity of the commission men who had never before seen any such packages to the ordinary spectator they were simply wooden boxes secured with strips of green timber but to the experienced perien ced handlers of produce they differed entirely from the usual run of cases As the top of the first case was removed and the yellow fruit came in view a south water street wag was heard softly singing jerusalem the golden ai light in color ot of oval shape and in the finest condition the fruit was packed much more carefully than that from other countries the cases were first lined wito wita white paper and sheets were placed between every layer ot of fruit each orange was sepa separately separated ratel y wrapped in the ordinary manner 0 oranges ranges from the holy boly land never have been seen in ia chicago before and these attracted much attention they were grown in the district between jerusalem and jaffa they are worth from 4 to 4 ao a case casa spainard Spa spain inand and northern california are also new competitors in the chicago market this season the orange situation is remarkable said george W barnett of the firm of barnett brothers he added WA with I 1 th the or cases of Flo tidas out of the market this year dealers have had to seek fresh fields for foi stock spain whose fruit in ordinary years pay freight charges has sent over considerable quantities this year which are now selling at from 6 to a double case the greater part art of the stock has been sold in new vork york because here it comes into competition with the california and mexican crops crop if it had bad not happened that the california fruit ripened two weeks ahead of the ordinary ordinal y time we we should have had to depend entirely on the supply from mexico and prices which are high enough already would have advanced still further the most interesting feature in connection with the new shipping points is that northern california for the first time in its history has sought the chicago market oranges in the sacramento district ripen fully two weeks ahead ot of that in the southern part ef cf the state tate and the northern crop always has been sold in san francisco in former years it would have been useless to ship it here in competition with the Fl ondas as growers would scarcely have made the freight on it the car which came in the other day was made up of navels seedlings and parson browns and came from newcastle miles north of los angeles they were all ot 0 the finest quality and sold readily at from 4 to 4 25 a case northern california will be heard from again on the orange market never before was the orange market marke supplied from such remote and diverging points as this season north and south Cali california ornia florida mexico jamaica valencia jaffa jerusalem are chief among them chicago record |
